US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to discuss the conflict in Ukraine ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, the Kremlin and the Ukrainian president have said.

Prayers are to be said over the casket of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the second day of marathon funeral ceremonies that have already drawn huge crowds to pay their final respects in Tehran.

The former master of the National Maternity Hospital has called for a review of the national guidelines around labour, warning the current recommendations can lead to dangerous outcomes for women and babies.

A motorcyclist has died following a road traffic collision in Ballyhea, Co Cork yesterday evening.